OUR ULTIMATE REASON FOR JOY
DEVARIM 32 (to be understood in the light of Rev 15:1-3)
YAHWEH THE FATHER OF YISRAEL (6)
- He prepared them ("qun" – Amos 4:12 Prepare to meet your Elohim)
- He created them ("asah" – Gen 1:31 Everything that El made, was good)
He bought them ("qanah" – Ex 15:16 Those whom you have bought, passed over)
YAHWEH THE POSSESSOR OF YISRAEL (9-10)
- He found them ("matsah" – Gen 2:20 No help was found for Adam)
- He encompassed them ("savav" – Jonah 2:3 Surrounded by waters)
- He watched over them
("natsar" – Isa 49:8 Preserve you and give you for a covenant)
YAHWEH THE CARETAKER OF YISRAEL (11)
("rachaph" – Gen 1:2 Spirit of Elohim … over waters)
He stretches their capabilities ("paras" – Ex 40:19 Spread the tent over the tabernacle)
He carries them over rough patches ("nasah" – Deu 1:31 Yahweh bore you … like a man his son)
YAHWEH THE LEADER OF YISRAEL (12-13)
- He shall enable them to conquer high places
- He shall make them eat of the fruit of the fields
- He shall let them taste sweetness from unexpected places
YAHWEH THE ELOHIM OF YISRAEL (29)
- He will both put to death and make alive
- He will both wound and heal
- He will both prevent and provide deliverance